Video Information

• Choir: 2011 MSVMA TTBB Honor Choir
• Piece: N'ap Debat (We're Hangin' On)
• Composer:  Sydney Guillaume
• Conductor:  Brandan Ulrich
• Voices:  SATB
• Sheet Music:   sydneyguillaumemusic.com/...  
• Genres: A cappella, Classical, Folk/Ethnic, Contemporary, Haiti, Creole, Haitian Creole, Haiti Earthquake
• This composition is dedicated to people of Haiti and the victims of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
  --This is the world premiere performance on January 22nd, 2011 by the 2011 Michigan School Vocal Music Association Men's Honor Choir. Brandon Ulri...  moreThis composition is dedicated to people of Haiti and the victims of the January 12, 2010 earthquake.
  --This is the world premiere performance on January 22nd, 2011 by the 2011 Michigan School Vocal Music Association Men's Honor Choir. Brandon Ulrich, Conductor.
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  Haitian Creole text:
  
  Woy! Alon doulè rèd'o!
  Alon doulè rèd'o!
  Mezanmi, woy!
  
  Twazièm son fenk sonnen nan Legliz Katedral;
  Solèy kouche lontan dèyè Mòn Lopital...
  Lanati dechennen met tout moun anba kòd.
  Gro kolòn, ti poto tounen pousiè ak sann.
  Jezi, Mari, Josèf... Gras' a Mizerikòd...
  
  Lanati dechennen met tout moun anba kòd.
  Nou wè, nou pa konprann,
  Sa rive sanzantann.
  Latè tranble!
  Latè tranble pi rèd pase fèy nan savann.
  
  Anmwe! Anmwe! Sekou souple!
  Nan pwen bouch pou pale...
  
  Dies irae, dies illa;
  Requiem aeternam dona eis, Domine.
  
  Ayiti! Ayiti! Alon doulè rèd'o,
  Mare senti'w sere.
  Ayiti! Ayiti! Ou se yon fanm vanyan,
  Kenbe la, pa lage...
  
  Legetè toupatou mande: "Kouman ou ye?"
  
  N'ap debat, n'ap debat,
  N'ap debat gras' a Die.
  
  Mwen se rozo banbou nan chimen chwal malen;
  Ou mèt wè'm plat atè,
  Yon lòt moman, m'an lè.
  
  Rete tann zanmi mwen,
  M'ap vin pi bèl demen.
  
  Atansyon Legetè!
  Pa pran chans Magouyè!
  An verite twa fwa,
  Ayiti pap peri!
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  Haitian Creole Text by: Gabriel T. Guillaume
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  English Translation:
  
  Oh! What an unbearable pain!
  Oh, gracious God!
  What an unbearable sorrow!
  
  The third bell of the Cathedral just rang;
  The sun set long ago behind Mount Lopital...
  Mother Nature derailed, straining everyone to misery.
  Large structures and small rafts have turned to dust and ashes.
  Jesus, Marie, and ...    less